War on Autism : On the Cultural Logic of Normative Violence /

Examines acts of autism advocacy and how they create a perspective that views autism as a pathological biological disorder that is a threat to normative life, and as the means for normalizing, neutralizing, or eliminating the threat, creating advocacy that is?against? autism. She illustrates how the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McGuire, Anne, 1981- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Violence.
Sociology of disability.
Autism > Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disease & Health Issues.
handicapped.
physically handicapped.
children (people by age group)
violence.
Personnes handicapees.
Patients > Droits.
Enfants.
Handicap > Aspect sociologique.
Autisme > Aspect social.
Violence
Disabled Persons
Social Discrimination
Patient Advocacy
Domestic Violence
Child
Autistic Disorder
People with disabilities.
Patients > Civil rights.
Patient advocacy.
Children.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Delivering Disorder: Historical Perspectives on the Emergence of Autism and Advocacy in the West
  • 2. Raising the Red Flags of Autism: Advocacy's Call to Arms
  • 3. Act NOW: The S/pace of Advocacy in a Temporality of Urgency
  • 4. "We Have Your Son ... ": Frames of Terror in Advocacy's War on Autism
  • 5. Collateral Damage: Normalizing Violence and the Violence of Normalcy.

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